Negative real rates of return, part II

Apocalypto, yes storage costs for goods are positive in the movie. The film is about theology; virtually frame-by-frame it is commentary on Passion of the Christ, the Bible, or both. Call it mishnah, if you wish; the reviews I read didn’t get this at all. The movie’s central question is what the idea of a miracle, or salvation, can mean in a non-Christian world. I found it remarkable, but I can’t imagine it drawing many viewers beyond the curious, the omnivorous, the Mayan, and the deeply committed.

Yes. Teasingly allusive and elusive. I’m curious. That moment of cultural collision is one of the most deeply jarring that the world has known, yet is so overlooked. There’s cinematogra[hic treasure there to be mined. Anything there? Or no?

I’m not real big on movies, and will not likely be seeing this one either, but I did notice that the same parties that are usually defending the sex and violence output of Hollywood are focusing like a laser on Gibson’s penchant for gore and violence in getting his point across.